The Five City Garrison Commands had always been a mere formality, only being re-established after Lu Ming's arrival.
The vast city of Chang'an required trusted confidants to manage and control it.
Therefore, there was no better option than forcing the Five City Garrison Commands into service. The reason was simple: nobody wanted them—because they were broke!
The salaries of the Five City Garrison Commands were allocated by the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of War, which then distributed them layer by layer.
The system was rife with corruption. Of the original 100% of the salary, the Ministry of Revenue would only pay 60%, sometimes even less.
After further layering by the Ministry of War, the soldiers would likely receive less than 10%.
Of course, they didn't originally rely on this for survival.
But whoever took office was pressured to demand their salary; they were forcing them into this dangerous and dangerous situation.
Without it, their prestige within the garrison command would be ruined, and without prestige, one could hardly move an inch in the army.
The arrival of the funds would cut off the financial lifeline of countless people in the Ministry of War, disrupt military discipline, and likely make future outcomes even more difficult.
In truth, the Ministry of Revenue was also short of funds, a situation common throughout the Han Dynasty.
The payroll was distributed in full, but achieving 60-70% was already considered good.
Ultimately, there was no money. If there were, it would certainly be paid; this had always been the established practice.
Perhaps they assumed the soldiers weren't short of money, so they simply stopped paying. If the emperor wanted to renege on his debts, no one could do anything about it.
Zhang Tang was put in charge of overseeing the cleanup of the city's stinking ditches. Although Chang'an was wealthy, the majority of its population lived in poverty.
Many impoverished neighborhoods were indescribably filthy and foul-smelling.
Every year, plagues claimed hundreds of lives.
The filthy areas were swept, scrubbed, and sprinkled with yellow soil and lime to prevent disease.
This work took a full month, witnessed by everyone, clearly and plainly.
After winning over the hearts and minds of the people, the next step was to openly collect sanitation fees and fire prevention fees.
The sanitation fees were naturally for cleaning, while the fire prevention fees were for starting and extinguishing fires.
The attitude of the noble families was unimportant; what mattered was the large number of ordinary people below them.
This allowed them to do what ordinary people couldn't, and it also served as a way to select a group of recruits.
The most important quality wasn't bravery in battle, but the ability to endure hardship.
They had to endure a month of scorching, filthy, and dirty work.
Those who could persevere could become regular soldiers.
Whether they were physically strong or not was irrelevant.
Selecting hardworking people to serve as officers, and having them work for a month, would also build morale and facilitate future deployment.
Lu Ming's rising prestige left the noble families with no choice but to repeatedly concede.
In the end, they were either obedient lackeys or dead souls!
At this moment, in the governor's mansion, Lu Ming was pressing down on Lin Daiyu's naked body, huffing and puffing as he thrust into her.
Despite continuous ejaculation, Lin Daiyu didn't become pregnant; instead, it was her mother, Jia Min, who became pregnant!
Today, Jia Min went to the Jia family mansion to visit her relatives, while Lin Daiyu didn't go. She didn't like the place and stayed to help Lu Ming with official business, reviewing documents and such.
After a while, coupled with her daily restlessness, they ended up having sex!
It was her mother, her mother was pregnant—her younger sister, Lu Qing.
And then there was the alluring young Diao Chan. That naturally seductive woman was a walking sperm bank, constantly tempting him.
And after being repeatedly violated by him, Diao Chan's vagina hadn't loosened yet, but her uterus had already begun to sprout.
Now, with Lin Daiyu on the way, he had brought Lin Daiyu and her mother here to rape them relentlessly.
Jia Min is pregnant, so all that's left is to continue raping Lin Daiyu and venting his excess desires on her!
"Mmm...ah...ee-ya...ah...oh...husband...ah...so full...ah...oh..." Lin Daiyu showed no trace of her refined lady demeanor, twisting her slender waist on the bed, skillfully responding to her lover's thrusts.
The bed creaked and groaned from the impact. Lu Ming, panting heavily, continued thrusting his lower body into the alluring flesh before him, his buttocks muscles remaining taut. The loud slapping sounds of their bodies colliding echoed in the room, making everyone's eyes bloodshot and their hearts race.
His large glans pulled at the layers of folds that enveloped her, feeling the pressure and friction of every inch of the tender flesh inside Lin Daiyu's now-married vagina, experiencing the manipulation of the vaginal walls, feeling the tightening of her labia and the sucking of her clitoris. The powerful suction and the tight vacuum sent waves of pleasure through him.
Lu Ming began vigorously kneading the woman's buttocks, his five fingers pressing and spreading her plump flesh, trying to penetrate her deeper, their bodies tightly intertwined.
"Oh...so good...Lin Daiyu...it feels so...good...ah...Daiyu...oh...ah...fuck me to death..."
"Waaah...ah...I feel so good too...oh...husband...oh...harder...fuck me...oh oh...ah...so thick...ah...ah...pull me in...ah...it's so deep...oh..." Lin Daiyu occasionally looked up at their point of contact, watching her tender lower body being repeatedly thrust in and out by a large, veiny penis.
Her two jade-like legs limply rested on the man's thighs, being wantonly violated, her pink vaginal flesh pulled out and pushed in again and again, demanding endless tingling pleasure.
Lie, frequently lowering his head to kiss Lin Daiyu's small mouth, thrusting in and out simultaneously. This required a high level of skill and coordination; otherwise, if the kisses were too intense, the thrusting wouldn't keep up.
His thrusting was too fast, and the kissing couldn't keep up, but once synchronized, the sensation was exhilarating.
His large hand caressed her smooth, white feet. Seeing Lu Ming's gaze, Lin Daiyu proactively raised her foot to his mouth, "Husband!"
Having been with him countless times, Lin Daiyu knew Lu Ming's tastes well. She bit down on his fleshy toe, her lower body thrusting forcefully.
His face buried in those beautiful feet, kissing the delicate, fragrant soles, then sucking passionately on the alluring toes, while his hips moved rapidly, each thrust penetrating deep into her core, her large labia turning outwards, bringing out a little fluid.
Each time his lower abdomen slammed against the beautiful, alluring young woman's shapely buttocks beneath him, waves of flesh rippled outwards, causing even the mattress to tremble.
Lu Ming felt an unparalleled pleasure in each thrust, as if he were hitting a soft mound of flesh. The layers of folds within her vaginal walls scraped tightly against his penis, not to mention the intense, full sensation and powerful suction emanating from her honeyed depths!